The Teflon Campaign
It was congresswoman Pat Schroeder, Democrat from Colorado, who labeled Ronald Reagan the “Teflon” president in a fit of exasperation in August 1983. What frustrated Schroeder was that nothing “stuck”…
THE PURSUIT OF MICHAEL FLYNN AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE
It may just be that Donald Trump’s biggest sin—as it was with Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan and others who preceded him on the national stage—is that he has blocked…
COVID-19 is Real, but Some Bailout Demands are as Phony as a Three Dollar Bill
The COVID-19 virus, which was effectively shipped to the U.S. and around the world from China, and the political response to the virus seem to be the lead story every…
Pelosi: Still Raising Taxes and Spending as Never Before
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives may have been stuck in their districts because of the coronavirus but Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been working hard on their behalf. On…
America Between Good And Evil
The United States of America is being tested acutely in the crucible of the COVID-19 emergency. This novel coronavirus outbreak has followed closely at the heels of perhaps the most grievous…
Harvard quietly backtracks on air pollution-coronavirus deaths link
Harvard researchers publicly walked back Monday a key finding in a highly touted but hotly contested paper linking air pollution exposure to deaths from the novel coronavirus, slashing the estimated mortality…
Judge Stops Illinois Governor From Extending State Lockdown
In one of the nation’s first successful legal challenges to mandatory quarantine directives, an Illinois state judge has thrown a wrench into Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extension of his stay-at-home order…
Mail-In Ballots Are a Recipe for Confusion, Coercion, and Fraud
Enormous pressure is being mounted to use our current crisis as an excuse to transform how we vote in elections. “Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system,” Obama’s…
Emergencies Do Not Expand Constitutional Power
Fear is a powerful driver of public policy. Ordinarily, that is not greatly troubling. We have speed limits, food sanitation laws, and many other regulations based on rational fear of…
How America Arrived at the Cruel New Normal
Very soon, you and I will have to figure out how to navigate a semi-open America where coronavirus is a terrible fact of life. The lockdowns and stay-at-home orders that…
Recovery, Pandemic and China
There appear to be two major stories contending for coverage by the press and the attention of Congress at the moment, both related to the COVID-19 pandemic: the economic recovery…
AMERICA NEEDS PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY, NOT MORE PELOSI SPENDING, TO RECOVER FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
Not a moment too soon, the reopening of America has begun. When the coronavirus crisis began, and the nation’s governors began to order the closure of factories, restaurants, parks, beaches…
Media Attack Gov. Kristi Noem For Not Panicking And Destroying Her State
As the Coronavirus spread from Wuhan, China, to the United States, most governors quickly acquiesced to the media’s demand that they force a governmental shutdown of their states in order…
How Advocates of ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ Distort Shareholder Power
Many years ago now, Milton Friedman explained something that should never have needed explaining, when, writing for the New York Times Magazine, he reminded his readers what —and whom — a company is meant to…
Former NYT Reporter Opposes Investigation of Biden Assault Claim: ‘I Want a Coronation’
A former New York Times reporter opposes an investigation of the sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden, calling for a “coronation” of the presumptive Democratic nominee. “I want a coronation of Joe Biden,”…